Witchaven
II is a commercial
BUILD Engine game designed by Capstone. This was the
third BUILD game Capstone made and the fourth BUILD Game Released. First Witchaven, TekWar,
Duke3D, then Witchaven II and the others came later.

The witches have been destroyed in their lair on the Island of
Char! Returning to your homeland, you are greeted with newborn hope, pride and great celebration. After the revelry,
you awaken to a dawn filled with an eerie silence that looms in the still air. Your countrymen are gone!

The great witch, Cirae-Argoth has taken them to avenge the death of
her sister. You have only yourself and your foolish meddling to blame. But, you are not meant to die...yet!
Alone in the land that you have fought so fiercely to protect, you must gather your strength and use your
anger to fight for Blood Vengeance.

More power, excitement and bloody encounters with vile creatures
and vicious warriors. A greatly enhanced "Build" engine will take you deeper into this first-person action adventure
with non-stop action and aggressive game play.

Endless Game Play: New Level Editor - Create Your Own Deadly
Levels!

DESCRIPTION

A first-person, fantasy action slashing
adventure wherein the player takes the part of Grondoval, a hero
from the first game who killed the evil witch, Illwhyrin and her
lair Witchaven destroyed. But shortly afterwards Grondoval is
contacted by a mysterious female golden dragon named Ikethsti
and tells that the vindictive great witch Cirae-Argoth, one of
the most powerful of Nether-Reaches Order of Witches, has
arrived to avenge the death of her sister. Her army of demons
and Argothonian clansmen has abducted Grondoval's beloved
princess Elizabeth and the other people of his homeland Stazhia and you'll
have to fight and claw your way through fifteen huge maze-like levels
filled with deathtraps in
order to eventually thwart her plot. It's time for the hero to
embark on an even more dangerous journey than the first, rescue
the innocents, and defeat the evil witch and to capture the
Horned Skull item which would then contain her evil powers until
it could be destroyed. Supplementing your physical prowess in
the use of weapons is a system of magic, both are needed to
triumph. Collect weapons, armor, spells, potions, and other
vital supplies to stay alive again in Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance.

FEATURES /
TECHNOLOGY

Game:

Jump, duck and fly in a first-person
perspective. (this is no mouse look)

Level after level of new mystifying and
intricate areas to explore. They are all part of
this innovative game
design.

Battle in network play for up to 16 or
Head-to-head modem play.

Most '96 Virtual Reality Head Sets, Joysticks
and 3 button mice now supported.

Sound:

15 blood-curdling music tracks to choose from
and new, intense sound effects.

Art:

More 3D rendered malicious warriors and demons
seek you out and engage in relentless battle.

More Details:

Uses BUILD map format v7 rather than v6 as
Witchaven 1 and Tekwar did, Which means slopes!
Some sprites/tagged are hard coded to make sound
while walking on a bridge. There is mirrored /reflective water effects,
that ripple.
Particle engine in place. Breakable glass. The overhead map is not as
revealing as it was in WH1. Sector over Sector is
most prominent is a circular stairwell going up and
down in level 13!

Some Bugs in v2.0c; The Strafing assignments
will not work, they corrected this in the unreleased
(now found)v2.0g patch.
The RUN MODE is kinda stuck in run only, pressing
the run mode key (shift) doesn't have any effect,
doesn't allow you to walk. You have to double tap
the CAPs Lock key to get it to work.

The SETUP.EXE re-installs the game every time
you make a change to your sound configuration or
controls. It also requires the CD to be present for
the program to work. Use SETUP LOCAL as command line
for a workaround that doesn't require the CD.

WEAPONS

Fists
(Weapon 1)
- Very Short attack range. Each punch does 1 to 5 points of damage.

Pike Axe (Weapon 8) - A two-handed swinging
attack does damage equal to a short sword. Overhead chopping
attack can inflict the same as a Morning Star. When more than one
Pike Axe is found, they can be thrown, and reused (picked back
up) if they miss.

Enchanted Pike Axe - Spreads into three prey
seeking axes when thrown. You can't pick up a regular Pike Axe
until the Enchanted version is used fully.

Two-Handed Sword (Weapon 9) - Two attacks, left
swing does 20 to 30 points of damage, right swing does 25 to 30.

Break Hits:Each weapon breaks or dulls by an undisclosed number of
swings. (should be hits)The short sword is the weakest in quality while the two handedsword is the strongest.

Double Weapon Proficiencies:As you gain experience you can use two weapons at the same time.You must have the Broad Sword out and have the Dagger or MorningStar in your inventory. The shield must not be used. (press the
S key)in order to take advantage of this ability. A second attack will
be madeautomatically in opportune times with the Morning Star or the
Dagger.

ITEMS

Scrolls and Spell BookScrolls - 5 Charges for your spell book. There is a
scroll for every spell.Spellbook - Select your spell then use the ` key to cast spell.

Scare Spell
(F1) - Invokes deep fear into an enemy. Works on the weaker minded creatures.

Night Vision Spell
(F2) - You can see in the dark. Lasts ten seconds per experience
level.

Freeze Spell
(F3) - A Ball of energy draws heat from creatures. Making them
brittle enough that one blow will shatter them. Fire based
creatures are immune.

Ciraen Sentinel-Magical Bow
- When their arrow supply runs low they rush their enemies a
point blank range.

Ciraen Sentinel-Magic User
- They attack with magic spells that cause much damage before
engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

Midian Warrior-Brown
- The weakest.

Midian Warrior-Blue
-

Midian Warrior-Purple
-

Midian Warrior-Sword and Shield
- Very Experienced with speed and defending themselves.

Midian Warrior-Halberd
- Can hurl three halberds at great distances before they rush to
engage in melee combat with sword and shield.

Midian Warrior-Magic User
- Can cast three fireball spells at a rapid pace before they
attack with sword and charge at you.

Cirae-Argoth
- Able to raise the dead, channel the forces of fire and summon
minions at will.

CHEAT CODES

Cheat mode:Press [Backspace], type one of the following codes, then press
[Enter] during game play to activate the corresponding cheat
function:

Code

Effect

marketing

God mode

weapons

All weapons

enchant

Enchant weapons

spells

All spells

scare

Casts scare spell

nightvision

Cast nightvision spell

nuke

Cast nuke spell

freeze

Cast freeze spell

magicarrow

Casts magic arrow spell

opendoors

Cast open doors spell

fly

Cast fly spell

fireball

Casts fireball spell

potions

All potions

strength

Drink strength potion

health

Drink health potion

curepoison

Drink cure poison potion

resistfire

Drink resist fire potion

armor

Adds armor

keys

All keys

invis

Invisibility

level #(level 1-15)

Level select

nobreak

No broken weapons

showmap

Full map

experience

Add 10,000 experience points

herotime

Start Hero time

intracorp

IntraCorp contact and company information

list

List type, size of actors*

showobjects

Show actors and objects on map

pentagram

Receive Pentagram

ruben

Skull monster

shield

Receive Midian shield

shield2

Receive Ciraen shield

spikeme

View death pit sequence

killme

Kills player

killall

Kills all monsters on a level

scareme

Spawns scary skull

*Note: Press [Esc] to resume game play after the
"List type, size of actors" code is enabled.

Command Line Switches:

MAP ##
This will load any map, EX: WH2 MAP 11

NET
MODEM
SERIAL
These are different types of multiplayer connections.
Further information is needed here.

MPLAYER
Seems to be multiplayer-related as well, but with something more
going on. Perhaps Like Duke3D where it sends fewer
packets /f# TIC DUPLICATION, 1, 2,
or 4. Maybe a special service along the lines of DWANGO?

DEBUGNET
For debugging multiplayer.

CYBERMAXX
VFX1
IGLASSES
Are for using the game with VR helmet type hardware. Further
information is needed here.

LOCAL
It lets you bypass the CD-ROM check skipping the SMK videos on
the CD. (If you still want the SMK videos to play, Place the SMK
video files directly in the games root folder.) This works for
both WH2.EXE and SETUP.EXE

The witches have been destroyed in their lair on the Island of Char!
Returning to your homeland, you are greeted with newborn hope, pride and great celebration. After the revelry, you awaken to
a dawn filled with an eerie silence that looms in the still air. Your countrymen are gone!

The great witch, Cirae-Argoth has taken them to avenge the death of her sister.
You have only yourself and your foolish meddling to blame. But, you are not meant to die...yet! Alone in the
land that you have fought so fiercely to protect, you must gather your strength and use your anger to fight
for Blood Vengeance.

More power, excitement and bloody encounters with vile creatures and vicious
warriors. A greatly enhanced "Build" engine will take you deeper into this first-person action adventure with
non-stop action and aggressive game play.